Eric Gordon, the New Orleans Hornets guard the team is depending on for scoring, has been sidelined indefinitely with an undisclosed right knee injury. “The way I understand it, he’s going to be out indefinitely until we get some more clarity on what’s going on so I don’t have to answer these questions every day [...]
Marcus Lee Another Strong Piece To Kentucky’s Recruiting Puzzle
October 18, 2012 | Posted by
Kentucky continues to work toward the most vaunted recruiting class in history, getting its fourth top 30 player to commit to the Wildcats in the last fortnight in power forward Marcus Lee. Lee, the No. 28 prospect, chose Kentucky over California and joins twins Andrew (No. 2 overall recruit in the ESPN 100) and Aaron [...]
No. 1 Pick Anthony Davis Beefing Up For NBA
September 28, 2012 | Posted by
Anthony Davis is less than a week from starting his NBA career. He was the No. 1 pick in the draft, already has an Olympic gold medal in his possession, and yet he said he does not feel like he belongs in the league featuring the best players in the world. ”I just feel like [...]
Blake Griffin Out Of Olympics With Knee Injury
July 13, 2012 | Posted by
Turned out that the knee trouble that required Blake Griffin to leave Team USA and return to Los Angeles was a meniscus tear that will prevent him from participating in the London Olympics. For the Clippers, Griffin will be sidelined for six-to-eight weeks, meaning he should be healthy in time for training camp in the [...]
Blake Griffin’s Injury Could Be Anthony Davis’ Gain
July 12, 2012 | Posted by
Blake Griffin, the high-flying powerful forward of the Los Angeles Clippers, just might be grounded for the London Games. And rookie Anthony Davis, the No. 1 draft pick of the New Orleans Hornets, elevates in the meantime. Griffin flew to Los Angeles for an MRI on his left knee, which was sprained during the NBA [...]
Anthony Davis Olympic Dreams Sidelined By Ankle Sprain
July 2, 2012 | Posted by
Anthony Davis, the No. 1 overall pick in last week’s NBA Draft, suffered his first injury as a professional — just three days after being selected with the first pick of the New Orleans Jazz in the NBA Draft. And, apparently, it will cost him a shot at making the London Olympics squad. Sources said [...]
NBA Draft: Wildcats’ Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Go 1, 2
June 28, 2012 | Posted by
There was a reason Kentucky won the National Championship in March. They had the best talent. That fact played out again in Thursday night’s NBA Draft, where Wildcats’ center Anthony Davis was the No. 1 selection of the New Orleans Hornets and, six minutes later, his teammate, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was the second pick by the [...]
Anthony Davis Insists Top Draft Pick Not Set In Stone
June 7, 2012 | Posted by
No matter how inevitable it seems, Anthony Davis isn’t quite ready to pronounce himself the top pick in the draft. The Kentucky star insists it’s ”not set in stone” that the New Orleans Hornets will select him first later this month even though it seems that way. Davis says the Hornets are the only team [...]
Anthony Davis’ Olympic Chances Not As Good As NBA Prospects
June 5, 2012 | Posted by
Injuries to Dwight Howard and LaMarcus Aldridge left USA Basketball officials scrambling to find size to put on the roster in order to match up with the sizable Spanish front line among other countries. So it stood to reason that Kentucky center Anthony Davis – an athletic 6-foot-10 player with a wingspan of someone 7-feet-5 [...]
Hornets Win NBA Lottery, Right To Select 1st In Draft
May 30, 2012 | Posted by
Let the conspiracy theorists begin. The New Orleans Hornets, who recently went from being run by the NBA to sold to Saints owner Tom Benson, won Thursday night’s NBA Draft Lottery and the right to choose first on the June 28 draft. Cynics will argue that this was a favor, a set up, just as [...]
